1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

The 1969 Charger Daytona was likely one of the wildest of muscle
cars to ever be produced. It, along with it’s Plymouth twin,
the Plymouth Superbird, were developed for use in NASCAR racing.
In the late 1960’s General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler were
having intense battles for stock car racing supremacy. While Ford
was creating the Torino Talladega, Chrysler was hard at work creating
their own highly aerodynamic vehicle. The Daytona essentially came
about from modifying the Dodge Charger’s front end, and rear
window. In fact, the Daytona Charger closely resembles a Dodge Charger
500 with the exception of the nose and rear wing.

The Daytona received a very sleek and bullet like nose as well
as a fully functioning rear spoiler that was mounted high above
the rear deck. This provided clearance for entry to the trunk. Other
visual clues include reverse scoops on the top of each fender which
were supposedly for tire clearance. However, some believe they were
in place to allow air pressure to escape from the nose of the vehicle
at high speed. Like other specialty vehicles built for homologation,
only approx. 560 Charger Daytona’s were built. All were constructed
by Creative Industries.

How successful were these new speedy Dodge Daytona’s? At
the time it was the fastest stock car in the world, a record that
would stand for nearly 15 years. Bobby Isaac established the record
at 201.104mph

On the exterior and interior the Daytona Charger appears much like
the Charger R/T the car was built with the exception of the nose
and rear spoiler. As well, the powertrain options were limited to
the 440cid and the 426hemi. However, buyers had a choice of automatic
or four speed.